This is crazy! I bought a 2004 Volvo VN M with a kaufman car hauler for $6,000 at the Thomas Hirchak Auto Auction. Find their action listings here: www.thcauction... Keywords: tractor trailer, semi truck, 18 wheeler, big rig
Congratulations bro.........a single axle is a great tractor to pull you setup you can scale you loads and trailer without much weight restriction.........great Buy.......👍🏾
Has no one looked and realized it has over a million miles on it. That’s not a steal that’s average pricing for a extremely high mileage semi especially a Volvo.
That was a great buy and you did real good for your first time driving a big rig. I agree with duals on the drive axle. Usually tire cupping problems are caused by loose steering parts, bad shocks or simply being badly out of balance to begin with, also make sure the wheel alignment is okay. Congrats and thumbs UP!! 👍
I'm a mechanic at a fleet shop, we mostly run volvos and macks, although most of our stuff is a little newer. These trucks have been relatively trouble free, we do see a lot of issues with fuel systems getting clogged up and throwing low pressure codes, there is a banjo bolt on the fuel filter inlet and it can get pretty clogged up. The mileage is pretty high, and considering the lack of blowby and not many leaks, it has probably been refreshed. You should check king pins for play, grease all the points in the suspension. Those tires aren't worn normally, I would check wheel bearings or alignment. Only major failures we've seen air top end, mostly cracked heads and one that dropped a valve. Overall seems like a great buy, 6K is a steal for what you got.
@@rubbersidedown7992 I'm american so we have different trucks over here, but we've had good luck with our volvo d13s and cummins x15s. I don't know if you have international brand trucks wherever you are but if so stay far away!
With semis, you never want to cheap out on front tires. Don’t necessarily need the most expensive ones but you always want good condition tires. If one blows it’s obviously dangerous but it’ll completely destroy the front end of the truck. New hood, fender, and headlight minimum. Otherwise this thing is awesome. My dad had an 07 with 1.2 million miles on an isx, but a full sleeper truck. Might be worth heading to a truck salvage yard and seeing if there’s better seats to buy, maybe with better armrests or whatever else. I’m subbing for this because I really wish I had an excuse for a single axle semi and I’d specifically want a Volvo too.
Just be careful semis dont like sitting for a long time sometimes brakes start sticking in the drums just be sure everything is good whenever you get back to driving and dont forget to keep up on maintenance
You can find front tires for around $300 each. And I'd definitely switch to duals on the drive axle. For traction and also if you have a flat or a blowout, you can limp it somewhere on one tire. With super singles, you're stuck wherever you are. Side of the interstate, on a curve, a city street, wherever. Chances are you can trade someone even up your super single wheels for their dual wheels. Some guys like them for the weight reduction. Best of luck truck driver!😉
That's a fantastic buy for sure! No blowby either that engine was very well taken care of or had an in frame. Most volvo engines will crack heads before the bottom end goes, know plenty of people that have well into the 1.6 million and only cracked a head. The slower you accelerate and the lower your rpm stay's on the highway the longer the engines going to last. You definitely need steer tires, they'll be $500 each minimum! Looking at how they're worn, you either have broken belts in the tires or your alignments out, soon as you get steers on it go for an alignment (Very in expensive and will save those pricy tires) and check over that front end thoroughly. Take my advise or don't up to you. I'm an owner op and was a truck mechanic for 5 years.
Awesome job! As a trucker, I am impressed with your driving skills without having your CDL. You did a fantastic job shifting. What a deal on the truck, super cheap! Were you using the clutch to shift or no? Looked like no. You shift those by rpm and not so much by clutch. Well done if that’s the way you did it! I’m sure you probably know about the “clutch brake” as well, right? To get it into first gear, you have to put the clutch to the floor. I’m really impressed with how well you did with it. You must have had some stick time in a yard somewhere. Good luck, I’ll be watching!
@@ARuralVermonterQqjmcb182 also, it’s a four hundred rpm span between shifts, for example, upshifting pull it out of gear at 1600, it goes in the next gear at 1200rpms. The opposite is true for down shifts. Good luck!
New Fuel filter, new oil filter, check all brakes shoes/drums, slack adjusters, air canister, S-cams, bushings for your suspension, leaf springs (check for cracks), king pin on your steer axel (might be causing uneven tire wear), check your hub oil, see if hub cab is leaking, wheel seals. That’s a good start and get it all clean so you can see where the leaks are originating from. I’m not a mechanic just a fellow trucker.
Sweet deal nice buy. That motor will be more than enough for what youd be hauling. Its probably underpowered in dump truck/vocational applications. And yeah get duals in the back, also safer if a blowout occurs
This is so cool! I work up in Derby Vermont detailing cars at a place that sells cars and big trucks like this. Every now and then I clean big trucks like this. You're right about the seats. Most of them are awful.
That's a good deal man. I haven't had trouble from a Volvo engine when I drove truck. Work on progressive shifting. Shift at 1200-1300 in the low range and 1350-1450 in the high range. It should be smoother.
Damn imagine the money you could make with this getting 4 cars from Florida and bringing them to our rusty state lol make money and bring some non rusty cars to sell at the auction, the 3,000 miles round trip would be nothing to this beast too, my dad used to go to this auction and take me with him when I was a kid before he moved back to live in Florida so it’s awesome seeing your videos of the exact place lol, He’d always bring cars without titles (over 15 years old) and sometimes Japanese cars or muscle cars to sell that would usually be long extinct in the north
A smart Vermonter would take that thing down to Florida and fill that trailer with 4 rust free cars. Drive it back to VT and sell them. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this thing.
I work at a Volvo dealership and deal with ABS all the time. I’d be willing to bet that it’s just a chafed wire or a sensor not pushed out on the last brake job hahah. Just look for the wires most likely tied up on the brake can or axle and follow them to the connector. Test resistance with a multi meter and it will tell you which end is bad, tractor or sensor. Easy peasy.
One thing about those Volvo D12(it doesn’t matter if it’s underpowered you’ll be towing cars. It has more then enough power) They’ll last forever. But Sensors will be key thing to take care of. There’s no DIesel Exhaust fliter nor DEF . Which is great! Take off the Supersingle. And put Dual wheels on. If there’s no to little Blow by. There’s no need for a rebuild. That truck will last for a long time.
Very cool purchase! Nice job driving it home. I was wondering where you'd park this beast. Should come in handy for those multiple purchases/drop offs at the auction.
Don't use spray cans, Use PPG ALK 200 Alkalid Enamel. This paint is very good for what you want to do on the trailer. For less than $100.00 you get a gallon sprayable, you don't reduce. I sell this paint every week.
I don't think any of us expected you buying a tractor-trailer. It may be a bit big for many of your needs, but maybe you could do some transporting of cars, trucks, equipment in the your region (maybe for that auction you go to !) to get from income from it. Good luck.
I've been a truck driver for 20 years, and you did very well on floating the gears. (Shifting without the clutch). The one thing you should work on is to learn how to double clutch. The DMV inspector for when you take the driving test will need to see that you know how to double clutch. Study hard and practice your VT state maneuvers. Good luck. Great buy on the rig and trailer.
Tip in shifting that you will learn in CDL school anyway, unloaded you can start out in 4th or even 5th, and you don’t need to rev up to get moving, just let the clutch out then feed it fuel. Even loaded I usually started out in 3rd, 2nd only going up hill. I don’t know if you’ve been floating gears while downshifting yet, that takes practice.
WOW, sooooo happy for you. As the saying goes, you gotta spend money to make money. You will have no trouble getting your cdl. Best of luck. Look forward to you getting it ready for the road.
That truck almost looks like a former SAIA LTL truck based on being red, a single axle, and pintle hook. Or It may have been a former food service truck.
Did good on the deal bud. Soon as you get new streer tires definitely get a alignment job. Those have wear showing alignment/shock wear. Super singles are beter for fuel economy but when you blow one you are done. This will be a great addition. Think ole Joe for the CDL school......
My brother bought a pickup in Texas and the dealership lined up the transport company to haul it to North Dakota for him. They charged him $1500 to haul the pickup on a flatbed trailer behind a pickup.
I think in an older video you said you want to be a car dealer. It could be good for that like if you purchased vehicles down south and brought them up.
the front steers are out of alignment, suspension components are worn out. you need a kingpin bushing to fix the tires from wearing out. if you put new tires you'll get the same problem in a few months
I have my CDL and I learned on a 10 speed Volvo. If you know how to float gears do that but if you can’t then at around 1700 rpm is when you want to start your shift by taping the clutch to come out of gear so between 1400& 1500rpm is when that Eaton trans likes to go into gear with little grinding. Don’t ever fully engage the clutch while shifting, only a slight tap when coming out of gear never into gear.
Damn that's a nice price of such a cool truck! The comment about "underpowered" is pretty dumb I think, when you buy something at that price you really want something that's reliable and not gonna cost you a fortune in repairs. Who cares if you have to drop it 1 gear when fully loaded on an incline? In Europe these engines have a pretty good reputation, it was a super modern engine for its time.
Looks like you got a great buy. I would detail the pair and sell for a nice profit. I think you would find the cost to run the truck for the amount of cars you buy would be cost prohibited.
Watched a few videos... buying, repairing, driving long distances.. great stuff.. do you also tell viewers what you do after getting cars ready,.. the few i watched had no mention... Anyway all the best ..
I guess your are too busy to reply... You could do a video of cars purchased , sold or bartered in the last year.. would be great for new subscribers, thanks in advance
If empty you can start off in fourth gear, volvo d12s can go up to about 1.4mil miles, parts can be expensive so shop around, beware of injectors and delete EGR if possible, dont cheap on steers that could cost you your life, definitely duals, and reason your truck sold for lower is only have one axle if you had two expect it to sqle easily for 9k. Volvos are good trucks but can be expensive fixing and parts, and usually have electrical issues most folks just ignore like the abs light.
